Military Land & Cantonment Group (MLCG)

Military Land and Cantonment Group

Manages military lands, cantonments, and military estates, ensuring their development, maintenance, and administration.

Governing Body

Introduction

Military Land & Cantonment Group (MLCG) ensure Efficient Local Governance in Cantts and Effective Defence Land Management.

Military Lands and Cantonments Department is looking after the local governments in 44 Cantonments through Cantonment Boards and managing the defence lands all across the country through 11 Military Estate Circles. It is an attached department of the Ministry of Defence. Directorate of Military Lands and Cantonments provides advisory input on defence lands and local government matters in cantonments to the Federal Government (Ministry of Defence) and all related stakeholders i.e. Service Headquarters and other organizations under the Ministry of Defence. The main functions of ML&C Department are:

Defence Land Management

Acquisition or requisitioning of property for Defence Services
To defend litigation in the court of law to safeguard the interest of the Govt

Local self-government in Cantonment areas

Efficient management of the Local Government in CBs
Preparation of Annual Budget of CB and Revenue collection
Building control, dev and maintenance of Parks, green belts and road infrastructure
Provision of civic amenities
Development works for cantonment residents
Provision of health facilities
Provision of education facilities
Maintenance of hygiene and sanitation
Conducting census in Cantonment areas
Conducting a survey of the cantonment area

Training

The Cantonment Institute of Management and Land Administration (CIMLA), Lahore is a premier training institution of Pakistan for pre-service training of Civil Servants in Military Land & Cantonment Group. After Common Training Program at Civil Service Academy, Lahore, this Special Training Program (STP) is designed to enhance the professional skills and abilities of the participants by equipping them with the effective tools of civic services management and land administration for improved public governance; enabling leadership and effective solutions to the existing and prospective operational challenges.

Training Modules of STP:

Public Management and Governance
Financial and General Management
Urban Planning and Management
ML&C Management Information Systems (MIS)

Regions

Military Land & Cantonment is divided into 6 Regions which are further divided into 11 Military Estate Circles and that are further divided into 44 Cantonment Boards.

Cantonment Boards are autonomous bodies working under the administration of the ML&C Department. Cantonments are classified into three categories (A, B & C) depending on the size of the civilian population. Similarly, Cantonment Boards, as per their classification, are authorized 3 to 15 members that include an equal no of elected and nominated members. The Officer Commanding the Station is the ex-officio President. Cantonment Boards generate their own funds through levying taxes and appointing their own staff. The taxes to be levied are comparable to those in the adjacent municipality.

Regions

Karachi Region
Lahore Region
Peshawar Region
Quetta Region
Rawalpindi Region
Multan Region

Military Estate Circles

ME Circle Peshawar
ME Circle Kohat
ME Circle Abbottabad
ME Circle Rawalpindi
ME Circle Gujranwala
ME Circle Lahore
ME Circle Sargodha
ME Circle Multan
ME Circle Hyderabad
ME Circle Karachi
ME Circle Quetta

Cantonment Boards

Karachi Region

Lahore Region

Peshawar Region

Quetta Region

Rawalpindi Region

Multan Region

Classification of Cantonments

Class III: A cantonment with a population is less than 50k
Class II: A cantonment with a population is more than 50K and less than 100k
Class I: A cantonment with a population of more than 100k

Posts

BPS-17: Cantonment Executive Officers (CEO) – Class lll & Class II

BPS-18: Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) – Class-l

BPS-19: Military Estate Officer (MEO)

BPS-20: Director/Deputy Director

BPS-21: Additional Director General

BPS-22: Director-General, Military Land & Cantonment Board

Cantonment Executive Officer

There are 44 cantonment boards each managed by a Cantonment Executive Officer

Military Estate Officer

Presently, there are 11 Military Estate Circles in Pakistan to manage the record of Defence Land.

Each ME Circle is managed by a Military Estate Officer (MEO) posted by HQ ML&C Department. Military Estate Officers act as agents of the Government of Pakistan and perform functions under the rules for the Acquisition, Custody and Relinquishment of lands. Following are the main functions of Military Estate Officer: